neap

英 [niːp] 美[nip]
  • n. 小潮;最低潮
  • adj. 小潮的
  • vi. 渐趋向小潮;达小潮的最高点
  • vt. 由于小潮使搁浅

英英释意


1. a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon

英文词源


neap (adj.)
Middle English, from Old English nepflod "neap flood," the tide occurring at the end of the first and third quarters of the lunar month, in which high waters are at their lowest, of unknown origin, with no known cognates (Danish niptid probably is from English). Original sense perhaps is "without power." As a noun from 1580s.

实用场景例句


Neap tides are especially weak tides.
小潮涨潮尤其弱潮汐.

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Neap tides occur during quarter moons.
小潮涨潮期间发生季度卫星.

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What are neap tides?
小潮是什么?

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Temporally, the suspended sediment concentration in the jiaojiang river estuary neap - spring tidal cycle and flood - ebb fluctuations.
在此基础上, 本文分析了椒江河口段悬沙浓度的时空变化规律.

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